Lu Fei raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and looked at Lu Yu.
"Brother, it's so hot here!"
Lu Yu smiled, her forehead also covered in sweat. She took out a bottle of chilled juice and tossed it to Lu Fei, pointing to the sparse valley ahead.
" The Lava Canyon is just ahead; the Soul Beast we need is inside. Just hang in there a little longer."
Lu Fei took the juice but didn't drink it. Instead, he asked Lu Yu curiously.
"Brother, we're almost there. Surely you'll tell me what our goal is this time!"
Seeing that the time was right, Lu Yu nodded and told Lu Fei about their target, "In the Lava Canyon, there is a special kind of Soul Beast, a fire Soul Beast formed from pure energy. It has no flesh and blood; half of its body is a Life flame."
"This kind of Soul Beast contains no power of any other attribute, making it the best choice for enhancing your fire essence."
Lu Fei's eyes lit up as he listened, and the Fire Monkey Martial Soul within his body showed faint signs of restlessness, as if echoing the fiery aura permeating the canyon.
"Brother, are there really Soul Beast like this in the world? They're actually formed from a ball of flame?"
Lu Fei's face was full of disbelief. Flames were not unfamiliar to Lu Fei, as his Martial Soul possessed flames, but he never expected that there was a Soul Beast that was actually flames themselves.
Lu Yu smiled and looked at Lu Fei, "The world is full of wonders. On the other side of the sea, there is another continent where there is a kind of Soul Beast that looks like it has only one eye."
Hearing this, Lu Fei became even more confused and looked at Lu Yu with a puzzled expression, "Brother, what is the sea?"
Lu Yu was taken aback. For many people in Douluo, they probably didn't even know what the sea was, let alone Lu Fei. The farthest Lu Fei had ever traveled was Suotuo City, where all he could see was the continent.
"The sea is just a vast expanse of water, stretching as far as the eye can see, with not a single piece of land in sight. When we have the chance, I'll take you to see it."
Lu Yu thought for a moment and then explained the concept of the Lu Yu in the simplest and most straightforward way.
Lu Fei immediately stopped in his tracks, his face filled with disbelief. There was water stretching as far as the eye could see; how much water must there be? He simply couldn't imagine it.
However, Lu Yu Lu Yu automatically ignored the fact that there was a continent on the other side of the sea and that there was a kind of Soul Beast with eyes on that continent.
As they chatted and laughed, the two brothers crossed the hill, and a sea of fire made of lava appeared before them. It was quite spectacular, just like the land swept away after a volcanic eruption. The ground was covered with flowing lava, which was still bubbling and gurgling.
This is the Lava Canyon in the Star Dou Great Forest.
A wave of heat swept by, and the pungent smell of sulfur emanated from her forehead. Lu Yu quickly took out two homemade masks, handed one to Lu Fei, and put one on herself, which made her feel much better.
Lu Fei took the mask and quickly put it on. Looking at the rolling lava beneath his feet, Lu Fei felt a chill run down his spine and subconsciously shrank back behind Lu Yu.
"Brother, how about we choose a different kind of Soul Beast? This place is too dangerous!"
Lu Yu reached out and gently pressed Lu Fei's shoulder, her tone calm and gentle, soothing Lu Fei's tense mind.
"Don't be afraid, we won't venture deep into the canyon; we'll only operate on the outer perimeter."
"The real danger lies in the high-level Soul Beast deep within the canyon; the outer areas only have low-level Soul Beast, which pose little threat."
Hearing Lu Yu's words, Lu Fei calmed down a little and tried his best to calm his nervous mood.
Lu Yu gently patted Lu Fei's shoulder and led Lu Fei slowly down the hill, into the Lava Canyon area.
" Xiao Fei, stay close to me!"
Lu Fei nodded and followed closely behind Lu Yu, glancing left and right every now and then, afraid that a Soul Beast might suddenly jump out at any moment.
Before long, Lu Yu in front of a cave entrance. He squatted down and carefully examined the marks on the ground. There were no footprints of Soul Beast, only a long, charred mark, as if he had dragged a torch across the ground.
Lu Yu immediately recognized the target— the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit —from this unusual movement pattern, finding it inside the cave.
Lu Yu turned to Lu Fei and gestured for him to be quiet. Lu Fei Lu Fei nodded, but his rapid breathing revealed that he was very agitated.
The two brothers crouched low and slowly made their way into the cave.
Besides the heat, lava caves like these have another advantage: the flowing lava inside makes them very bright, eliminating the need for additional lighting.
But the temperature was unbearable. The two brothers' clothes were already soaked with sweat, but because of the high temperature, the clothes were quickly dried again, creating a vicious cycle. Wearing these clothes was very uncomfortable.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Yu's eyes narrowed, and she raised her hand to signal Lu Fei to stop.
"Look there!"
Following the direction Lu Yu pointed, Lu Fei saw a ball of flame, about half a person's height, silently floating and churning on a vast lava rock platform ahead.
However, the fluctuations were very slow, indicating that the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit had entered a dormant state.
"Brother, is that what you called... the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit?" Lu Fei's eyes widened, his voice extremely low.
Lu Yu nodded, then pointed to the center of the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit's stomach, "Do you see that stone inside his belly?"
Before Lu Yu Lu Fei continued, "That's the core of the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit. The only way to kill this kind of Soul Beast is to shatter that core."
As Lu Fei listened to Lu Yu's account, he examined the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit and indeed saw a white stone wrapped inside its belly, with Sisi red cracks on it.
"Brother, shall we make our move now?" Lu Fei clenched his fists and stared intently at the Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit.
Lu Yu shook his head with a regretful look, "Look, its core is white. This Soul Beast is only ten years old. The core of a hundred-year-old Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit is yellow. Let's keep looking."
After saying that, Lu Yu led Lu Fei around in a circle, trying to stay as far away from the ten-year-old Scarlet Flame Fire Spirit as possible, and continued to walk deeper into the area.
Before long, Lu Yu was already unbearably hot. She took out two bottles of chilled juice from her Storage Soul Tool, handed one to Lu Fei, and immediately drank it down in large gulps herself.
Feeling too uncomfortable in her clothes, Lu Yu took them off and put them into her Storage Soul Tool. She then turned to Lu Fei and asked him with her eyes if he wanted to take off his clothes too.
Lu Fei wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head. Seeing this, Lu Yu didn't insist and turned to continue deeper into the cave.
The journey was extremely difficult, requiring not only enduring high temperatures but also being careful of flowing lava.
Lu Yu suddenly felt regret and wanted to take Lu Fei away directly, letting Lu Fei the path of power.
However, having come this far, and already taken this far, going back now would mean all the suffering had been for nothing. She glanced back at Lu Fei, whose face was flushed but who was enduring the scorching heat.
Lu Yu forced a smile and continued forward.